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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does intimacy sprout among Mexicans?
(a) When the nation is least involved in world affairs.
(b) When they are in love.
(c) When incited by violence, alcohol, or a fiesta.
(d) When they are most alone.

2. How did the Revolution relate to reality?
(a) It denied reality.
(b) It brought about a new idea of reality.
(c) It subtly altered the past idea of reality.
(d) It was a sheer explosion of reality.

3. What does Paz mean by the word, "community"?
(a) A gathering of people who are invested in each other.
(b) A place of liberty where men recognize themselves in each other.
(c) A place of stable government and economy.
(d) A place of safety, especially for women and children.

4. In his obsession with hygiene, work, and health, what does the North American miss?
(a) True anger.
(b) True joy.
(c) Truth.
(d) All-consuming love.

5. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Complete isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one factor that guided the Revolution to prioritize tradition?

2. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?

3. Why was unemployment high in Mexico at the time that Paz was writing?

4. What did positivism do with the ideals of the Reformation?

5. What is the Mexican concept of work?

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